December 08, 2008

DMBLGIT December 2008 Announcement

I am so excited to receive this month's baton from Suganya of Tasty Palette to host food photography blog event famously known as Does My Blog Look Good In It (DMBLGIT). I am also so thrilled and honoured to receive the good news that my pink brest made it to the top for November 2008 edition (and this photo also was covered by tabloid Wanita Indonesia (Indonesian Women tabloid) back home (Indonesia)). Thank you and congratulations to all the other winners.

I am also thanking Andrew of the Spittoon and Spittoon Extra, the very Father of DMBLGIT, to allow me be exposing this photo event on the hosting side on my blog.

Before we come up to the rules, I want to introduce you the judges on the judging panel first. I am sure, you are familiar with these foodie bloggers, as they are widely recognized by their talents and professionalism in food photography. I love their high-quality works as well as admire their passion on food and food photography. Guess what? They come from 5 different countries!

Here they are:

Alessandro Guerani from Bologna, Italy has been known as a professional photographer. Both of his portfolio website and food blog are stunning and inspiring with excellent quality of food photos that you might find yourself in awe. You may also find him and his works on his Flickr account.

Melody Chong MY from Singapore is a food blogger who happens to be a school of fashion student, vice verso. Her food photos are always inspiring as you can view on her blog, Small Talk. View her photostream on her Flickr account to find more of her recent works.

Peter G from Sydney, Australia, is a food blogger whose passion on food you can always feel and review from his posts. His food styling is wonderful and his lighting is perfect. You may view his reviews on his blog, Slouvaki for the Soul, and his photostream on his Flickr account.

Sabra Krock is from New York, United States. If you happen to view her portfolio and her food blog Cookbook Catchall, you will agree that Sabra is very professional. She has received many awards on food photography for her excellent works. If you are her regular visitor on her Flickr account, you will know that she loves exploring her ideas on either food photography as well as still life elements.

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The rules

Each food blogger can submit one food or drink photography that was posted during November 2008, which will be viewed and scored by the selected judges.

The judges are looking for best of the best food and drink photos which will be scored under three categories:

Aesthetics: composition, food styling, lighting, focus, etc.

Edibility: "does the photo makes us want to dive in and eat the food?"

Originality: does the photo catch our attention with the 'wow' factor, displaying something that we have not seen before?

From these categories, we will come up with:

Overall Winner: top overall scores in all three categories combined.

There are three overall winners for photographs with the highest point totals in all three categories combined, and one winner in each of the three individual categories. And I am sure as a host, I will be able to pick my faves. YAY!

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Here'show to participate:

Only one entry per person (a single photograph, no diptychs).The photograph must have been taken by you and it is your original work.The photograph must have appeared on your blog during the month of November 2008.Entries must be received by December 20, 2008 at any time (from wherever you are).

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Sending the entries

By sending your entries, you agree that your photos are going to be re-displayed and altered to the convinience size on the host's blog and on DMBLGIT page.

Send your entry to arfi.binstedATgmailDOTcom with DMBLGIT as the subject with the following necessary details, please:

your nameyour locationyour blog’s name and URLyour photograph’s titlethe URL of the post containing the photographtype of camera used, lens if you wishattachment of your photo with the JPEG or JPG format, of no more than 500pxls width (height does not matter)

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The gallery can be viewed here (or look for the DMBLGIT gallery logo on my sidebar for your convenient). I will update the photo entries as soon as I receive them. So, what are you waiting for?

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Additional News

If you are interested in hosting DMBLGIT event and ready to be a host (or a judge at the same time), you can as well view the instructions on DMBLGIT pageAndrew has made for all of us to read. The hosting job is currently open for 2009.

dear girl, you totally deserve all the accolades & more. You are very very talented, & also a great human being. I know there are fabulous photographers out there, but am gonna send in anentry for you. Take care & loads of love...xoxoxox

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